Signs of roads in Delhi named after Muslim personalities such as Emperor Akbar and Firozshah have been defaced on Wednesday.
Right-wing group Shiv Sena Hindustan claimed the responsibility as the posters mentioned names of Rajinder Singh (national president), Charan Singh (national general secretary), Dinesh Kumar (national secretary) and Vinay Sonkar (secretary).
The posters read, “Bharat mein Islamikaran manzoor nahi. Safar mein mushkilen aaye himmat aur badti hai. Koi agar raasta roke toh zaroorat aur bhardti hai. Jai Hind! Jai Bharat!
(Islamisation will not be tolerated in India. Our courage only grows when our journey meets difficulties. Our need only grows when our path meets with obstacles).”
According to Shiv Sena President Rajinder Singh, about 17 members, in three teams, carried out the “operation” between 11 pm and 1 am on the intervening night of May 13-14.
They are not feared of any police action for the defacement. Rajinder said, “Let them file a complaint. We have not caused any real damage. It was a symbolic protest. We are protesting against the use of Muslim names for roads in a country called Hindustan. All Hindus look up to a leader like our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are hopeful that he will pay some heed to our concerns.”
The area falls under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the civic body has lodged a police complaint. The police are going through CCTV camera footage to find out the identity of the miscreants.